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ROBERT EDWARD PULLIAM JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 22, 1944 – July 21, 1966
Service recordRobert Edward Pulliam JR, of Burlington, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 21, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 53
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 22, 1944
- Home of record
- Burlington, North Carolina (Alamance County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 9E, Line 53
- LEO EDWARD HINTERLONGSpecialist Four · July 21, 1966
- PEDRO MARTINEZPrivate First Class · July 21, 1966
- WILBERTO CABRERA SANCHEZStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1966
- JOHN DEVON TYLERSergeant · July 21, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DAVID LOYALL BERRYSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 51
- JAMES XAVIER GILCHPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 52
- RICHARD DENZIL GILL JRSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 52
- SAMUEL GARY HARRISPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 52
- LEO EDWARD HINTERLONGSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 53
- WILBERTO CABRERA SANCHEZStaff Sergeant · Panel 9E, Line 53
- LARRY VANCLIEFSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 54
From Burlington
- HAROLD LEE GUTHRIESpecialist Five · July 15, 1962
- JAMES LEROY GRAVESSpecialist Four · July 9, 1966
- KEMPER SWANSON BILLINGSPetty Officer First Class · October 29, 1966
- KENNETH FRANK UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · February 25, 1967
- ROBERT LEE PATE IIIPrivate First Class · March 23, 1967
- FRANKIE DON WADESpecialist Four · March 25, 1967
- DENNIS LEE HALLPrivate First Class · June 28, 1967
- WILLIAM ROBERT BRAYSecond Lieutenant · October 9, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS WEBSTERPrivate First Class · January 10, 1968
- FRED REAVES JRSergeant · February 22, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.